Combined can and cooker.



'F. P. WHITE. COMBINED CAN AND COOKER.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

mun-r v APPLICATION rum: ou'r.11.19o9. v v V I r I V 1 972,304. H f Patented Oct. 11,1910.

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FRANKLIN WHITE, OI? SHALLOTTE, NOR'IH CAROLINA.

COMBINED CAN AI DCOOKER.

oi which the follmringg' is a speeitieation.

This invention relates cans and similar reoeptaeles'ot that type ortlniarilr utilized tor containing soups. ttthttl vegetables. and

various lilo-ins oi" la-n-ra xhieh are pla etl on the market reatty'to be consumed after bein heated. I I

The prinripal objeet of't.ln'*present invention is to combine a heater with a Z'ttfOPt-ttflC of this type the heater constituting a permanent part'thereof. and in huling a heating means which. no lighted, \riil thoroughly heat the contents of the. recoptacle/ Another object to provide a recepjne which is so OllHiYlltZitti as to Conroy the. prothu-ts of combustion therethrough and present the ilt'ilitri possible. heating: surface to the eontents ot' the roeeptaele. V v

Another obitt is to provide a. device of this ehata 'ler which is compact in mostrnw tion, coinparatirely cheap to manufacture, and which can be. readily set up for use, means being provideil whereby the. explosion of the roceptaole prewnted.

With these and other ohieets in View the invention (:JDFiSl'S in certain novel details of constrnt'rtion ain't the combinations of parts hereinafter more. fully described anti pointed out in the claims.

In the, accompanying drawings the. preferred 'forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drar 'ingsz-l igure 1 is a perspective view-of a can embodying the present i1nproveinents. Fig. 3 is vertira seetion therothrough. the, parts being shown intheir' Fig. 3 is another section through. the can and showing tho-relative positions of the, parts While the eontnts of the. can are being heated. Fig. 4 is a rletail View of the cup to he sohl .with the can. the handle. of thecap being extended outward ready for use. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through a modified form of can. Fig. (3 is a vertical longitudinal section through a lunch pail having the present improvementeinbodied therein- Fig. 7 is av section on tho line AB of Fig. 6.

Referriiw to the figures b3, characters of reference, 1 designates a can of any suitable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patimtteti oct. 11, 1910.

application file-i fict'ooer 11, 1969. Serial No. 522.041.

size and proportions, said (an being protitled with a ventral heatin; flue 2,, extonth The comparttlneeo portion 3 is designed to he filled with the material to he narined. this material he- ,ingg' either a soup; a vegetable, or some form of beverage. roan \artnu-nt 3) and opens into the upper portion of the chimne 3, this who being; in-

tlit'tlttti at. 4. 'l" o t'liselnirgo end of the tube is preterahiy elo ml by means of wax" or a soft solder as. shown at (3. This sealing; material serves to prevent air from entern' the compartment 5 antler ordinary eon- "thtions. An opening 1 is formed in the up per (.iltl, of th can and normally closed by a hantl S which is soltlerotl to or formed with the can at oneend of saitl strip, tho other entl of the strip being provided with a ring 1) or the lik whereby the can mar be portion of the strip adjaceiit the ring 9 as well as the longitudinal edges of said strip are attached to the top of the can by means of a soft sohler. this strip therefore serving to nori'nallv (-lose the onening' T. The middle portion of the strip extends across the ontlot Cl'itl of the ehinnnvy 3 and in OItitl' to perinit the tree eireulation of gases from the chimney. a series of apertures 10 are formed within the, strip above the chimney.

The, lower projecting portion of the tine 2 is designed to he frictionatly engaged lo; a. member 11 having a candle 19. or other form of heating (1e ice therein. 'This member is designed to he inelosod by a cup. 13 having a metal strip 14 attaehotl thereto, said strip being normally t'ohleri against the cup as shown in Fig. illuiSluXtS 15 are, cut into the member 11 to form tongues 16 therehemllltilc 12 moreover is arranged upon the bottom of the cap and the strip 8 !S in close nient forinetl around tho flue-.2 and its re-.

-\ rant tuhe extends from this eonreniently manipulated while hot. That,

in; beyond the bottom of the can alnl pro- I v and opening tween. these'tongues being designed to hev expose position. I When it is desired to heat the contents of the -an the cup 13 is removed and the cap 11 is then also removed. The candle 12 is then ignited and thesa d cap is then returned to the lower end of the fine. The hot gases produced by the burning candle pass through the flue '2 and the refixed to the rod 33 and has a weight 37 attached to it, this arm and weight being so dies 5 posed relative tothe strainer 35 as to hold the strainer normally in an inclined position,

asshown in Fig. 7. "hen the dinner pail duced portion 3 thereof and out through the ceptacle .20. A handle 38 is preferably couopenings .10. The heat will be sullicient to melt the sealing material (5 so as to permit any generated steam to pass from this comd through the. tube 4 to the solder holding the strips in lowered position and therefore said strip will curl upward from the can as indicated iii Fig. 3 and tents of the can have been properly heated they can be poured therefromthrough the outlet 7 and into the cup 13, it. being understood that the strip 14 is to be first bent outward as indicated iii-Fig. i so as to form a handle. It is to be understood that before the -aiidle12 is lighted, the tongues lti are to be bent downward so as to form legs to support the can above the surface on which the legs are mounted. a

. Instead of providing the can with a central flue which extends below the bottom -.30-.

ranged within the can as shown in Fig. 5,

of the can, a tapered fine 17 may be arthe lower end of the line being of substantially the same diameter as thccan so as to be large enough to receive a candle 18 mounted on a cap 19 which is designed to be placed in frictional engagement, with the bottom of the can. i

As shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the present improveinentscan be very readily applied to dinner pails. By referring to these figures it; will be seen thatthe coffee receptacle 2O has'one or more lines 21 extending therethrough and projecting thereabovef each flue havii'ig a cap 22 for closing the upper end thereof. A tray '23 is removably mounted within the body .24 of the dinner pail and this tray has pockets or com artinents 25 formed thereon by means 0 upstanding rings 26, each of t iese compartments being designed to receive a candle 27 or other suitable form of heater. Openings 28 are formed within the rings 26 to permit a sufficient. amount of air toflenter the comp-ark ments to support combustion. The tray 23 is mounted on fixed supports 29 located within the body 24 and an outlet opening 30 is formed in the top of the receptacle 20 i and is surrounded by a flange 31 on which The heat' will also melt the soft the outlet opening 7. After the. conis tilted in one direction however, the screen will automatically close and thus strain the coffee or other liquid poured from the renected to the middle portion of the tray 23 to facilitate the removal thereof.

Althonglrthe various forms of devices have been shown as supplied with handles 'for the purpose of heatin" the contents thereof, it is to be understood that. any suitable means maybe employed for this purnose.

It. is to be understood, of course, that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

\Vhat is claimed is:

p 1. A. combined storage and heating receptacle including a body having a coinpartment therein, a heater, means for directnig products of combustion from the bottom to the top of said body, a vent exlulldl llg flUlli the compartment and openiiig intosaid means, and a scaling medium within the rent.

2. A combined storage and heating receptacle including a body having a. coin-' partnient therein, a heating line extending through the body, a heater within the line, a vent extending from the compartmentand opening into the line, and sealing means for the vent.

3. A combined storage and heating re ceptacle including a body, a heating flue extending therethrough, a heater reinovably mounted in one end of the flue, a vent tube opcnin into the flue from the interior of the b0( y, a scaling material within the tube and disposed to be softened and released by the heat; generated within the line.

4. A. combined heating and storage receptacle including a body havingan outlet,

a. heating flue extending through the body, a sealing st-ri attached to the body and normally closing the outlet, a vent tubeextending into the line from the interior of the body, and sealing means within the tube, said means being disposed to be softened and the strip loosened by the heat generated within the flue.

5. A combined storage and heating receptaclo including a body, a heating fine.

extending thercthrough, there being an outlet opening within the body, asealing strip, and means for holding said strip in position on the receptacle to close the opening, said means being designed to be softened to re lease thestrip when heated.

6. A device of the class described iiicliidin a reeeptaele, a heating tlue therein, a

cheater ltlllUVttlll) mounted within the tlue,

a vent tube opening into the tine from the interior of the receptacle, sealing meam within the tube and designedto be softened by the heat within the tl11e., there being an eutlet within the wall ofthereceptacle, a strip for closing the outlet and means for .semn'ing the strip in closed position, said neans being rlesiglned to be softened by the heat withinthe flue.

T. A device of the class described including a rece :ta'cle, :1 fine extending therethrengh,aheater (letachabl'y mounted within the lower portion-of the fine, said LCIQP- tacle havin; an onttet, a strip extending across one end ot'the tlue and the outlet, said strip hating apertures: registeri11gwitl1 the than means tor attaclnng the strip to the ret-e 'naele to close the outlet. said means he he; atl'eeted by the action of heat to release the strip. 1

A device of the elassdesciabed Including a receptacle, :1 tlue extending therefor holding the closure in closed position,

said means being susceptible to the action of heat to release the closure, a vent tube extending from the interior of the recap v taele to the flue, sealing means therefor des1gne1l to besoftened by the action of heat,

a cap r1-1no\'abl connected to the receptacle and constituting: heater Supporting means, and tonguesintegralavith the cap and bendable therebeyond to ,eo11stitute supporting le s. i

1 5i. combined storage and heatiin receptacle. including a body, a heater rentmably mounted upon the body, a. vent efiiending from the body, and a sealingmaterial within the vent and disposed to be softened and released by the heat generated within the heater. l 1

In testimony that Telaim the foregoing as'nrv own, I have. hereto affixed n1 signature .in the presence of two witnesses.

, \Vitnesses: F. G. SWAIN, s. F. WHITE. 

